US Private Payrolls Fall Outside Key Service Sectors in September

The assessment is "likely_true" with high confidence based on direct and corroborating evidence from the most authoritative sources. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the definitive primary source for U.S. payroll data. The official BLS news release explicitly states there was "negative job growth in the goods-producing sector for September." The goods-producing sector (which includes manufacturing, construction, and mining) is the standard definition for sectors outside of key service-providing sectors. This finding is directly supported by the full BLS report and is reinforced by a secondary analysis from RSM US, which notes that "high-paying industries in the production sector lost jobs across the board."While one source highlights a discrepancy between the ADP report (which showed overall job losses) and the BLS report (which may have shown overall job gains), this does not contradict the specific claim. The statement is not about total private payrolls, but about a specific subset of them. It is common for strong growth in service sectors to mask losses in goods-producing sectors, resulting in a positive overall number. Therefore, the evidence from the most credible sources directly confirms that payrolls decreased in the specified sectors.